java.beans
Class Statement

A Statement object represents a primitive statement
in which a single method is applied to a target and
a set of arguments - as in "a.setFoo(b)".
Note that where this example uses names
to denote the target and its argument, a statement
object does not require a name space and is constructed with
the values themselves.
The statement object associates the named method
with its environment as a simple set of values:
the target and an array of argument values.

Since:

1.4

Constructor Summary

Statement(Object target,
String methodName,
Object[] arguments)
Creates a new Statement object with a target,
methodName and arguments as per the parameters.

Method Summary

void

execute()
The execute method finds a method whose name is the same
as the methodName property, and invokes the method on
the target.

getArguments

execute

The execute method finds a method whose name is the same
as the methodName property, and invokes the method on
the target.
When the target's class defines many methods with the given name
the implementation should choose the most specific method using
the algorithm specified in the Java Language Specification
(15.11). The dynamic class of the target and arguments are used
in place of the compile-time type information and, like the
java.lang.reflect.Method class itself, conversion between
primitive values and their associated wrapper classes is handled
internally.

The following method types are handled as special cases:

Static methods may be called by using a class object as the target.

The reserved method name "new" may be used to call a class's constructor
as if all classes defined static "new" methods. Constructor invocations
are typically considered Expressions rather than Statements
as they return a value.

The method names "get" and "set" defined in the java.util.List
interface may also be applied to array instances, mapping to
the static methods of the same name in the Array class.

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